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Reese | 23 May 20:12
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Re: Facebook

At 01:37 PM 5/23/2012, Lucas Gonze wrote:

>It was FB who communicated selectively, I think.

Why, because FB didn't communicate with all of the underwriters, even
the ones they had no business arrangements with? Why do you not see
the underwriters only communicating the update to certain investment
firms as a larger problem? Are you missing something here or am I?

I'm inclined to agree with Gary: it's THEIR game and THEY let US play.

Reese

>On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Reese <howell.r <at> inkworkswell.com> wrote:
> > At 12:57 PM 5/23/2012, Lucas Gonze wrote:
> >
> >> Said kosher bacon 'n' shrimp double cheeseburger is a fine meal
> >> indeed, but I can't imagine the hasidim eating one on Saturday.
> >> Facebook just created a non-trivial problem out of nowhere.
> >
> >
> >
> > FB did? Or the underwriters did?
> >
> >
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> >> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Aaron Burt <aaron <at> bavariati.org> wrote:
> >> > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 04:30:26PM -0700, Lucas Gonze wrote:
> >> >> Blodgett's story is serious business. I've never seen something like
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Reese | 23 May 19:08
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Re: Facebook

At 12:57 PM 5/23/2012, Lucas Gonze wrote:

>Said kosher bacon 'n' shrimp double cheeseburger is a fine meal
>indeed, but I can't imagine the hasidim eating one on Saturday.
>Facebook just created a non-trivial problem out of nowhere.

FB did? Or the underwriters did?

>On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Aaron Burt <aaron <at> bavariati.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 04:30:26PM -0700, Lucas Gonze wrote:
> >> Blodgett's story is serious business. I've never seen something like
> >> it before outside of the banking scandals of the last few years. But a
> >> dot-com is not going to be protected from itself like the big banks
> >> are.
> >
> > FB disclosed info to its underwriters, which seems appropriate.
> > The underwriters selectively disclosed to potential investors, which is
> > kosher as a bacon 'n' shrimp double cheeseburger.
> >
> > The underwriters (Vampire Squid and co.) have been untouchable so far.
> > It will be interesting to see how this very public IPO plays out.
> >
> > It will, of course, be (both simultaneously and individually) Obama's,
> > Romney's and Boehner's fault, and also that Glass Seagull guy.
> >
> > Not much different from any other horserace,
> >  Aaron
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Lucas Gonze | 23 May 01:30
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Facebook

Blodgett's story is serious business. I've never seen something like
it before outside of the banking scandals of the last few years. But a
dot-com is not going to be protected from itself like the big banks
are.

Or am I overreacting? How big a hit will FB take?
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Adam L Beberg | 22 May 18:26
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The open cloud...

The Open Source efforts are rapidly lapping the Amazon/Google/Rackspace 
offerings...

http://owncloud.org/

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Stephen Williams | 22 May 10:17
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SpaceX - Nice launch!

Wheee!

sdw

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Stephen Williams | 21 May 08:41
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Engineer proposes $1 trillion USS Enterprise

It occurs to me that "artificial gravity" can be trivially created by simply following one of two methods:

A) Always be accelerating or decelerating perpendicular to the desired plane of gravity.
B) Put out a tether to a chunk of your mass and spin.

In this design, the "saucer section" has a gravity wheel, which is also good.  Let the "turbo lifts" work out
moving between modes.
Gimbal all of the living spaces perhaps.

http://www.gizmag.com/engineer-proposes-uss-enterprise/22532/

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Joseph S. Barrera III | 21 May 05:14
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The most bitter divorce song? (warning: four letter words)

Is it Zevon's "French Inhaler"?

"But tell me: how are you going to make your way in the world, woman, 
when you weren't cut out for working?
And you just can't concentrate?
And you always show up late?"

Or Liz Phair's "Divorce Song"?

"And the license said you had to stick around, until I was dead.
But if you're tired of looking at my face, I guess I already am"

Or Dylan?

"And now I understand, after waking enough times to think I see
The Holy Kiss that's supposed to last eternity
Blow up in smoke, its destiny
Falls on strangers, travels free
Yes, I know now, traps are only set by me
And I do not really need to be assured
That love is just a four-letter word"

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Noon Silk | 20 May 10:27
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R.U. a Cyberpunk?

Well ?

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Joseph S. Barrera III | 19 May 00:10
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The upside of global warming and ocean level rise

Snakes can't swim, right?  ... please tell me they can't.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-03/pythons-swallow-whole-deer-in-florida-6-million-tab.html?cmpid=otbrn.sustain.story

"Last October, a snake in the Everglades was found to have swallowed a 
76-pound (34-kilo) deer. Another specimen was discovered with an adult 
alligator bursting from its insides -- a tooth-and-claw encounter 
neither animal survived."

"In January, the proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences 
<http://www.nationalacademies.org/>published a study showing "dramatic 
declines" of mammal populations in southern Florida -- raccoon, opossum, 
bobcat, deer and rabbit -- all believed to have become snake food."

P.S.
http://geology.com/sea-level-rise/florida.shtml
the worst part is that global warming won't even drown snakeland first, 
it seems.
NEVER MIND

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Ken Ganshirt @ Yahoo | 17 May 01:23
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World stocks dive on Greece turmoil

I don't comprehend this [stock market silliness].  It doesn't matter what Greece does; they're screwed anyway.

If they refuse the bailout and continue deficit spending they're screwed and will default.

If they accept the bailouts and try to implement the brutal austerity measures that are the condition for
the bailouts they're screwed and will default.

The only question is which course will force them into default quicker.

Can someone tell me why the stock markets are in such a tizzy about this at this point?  It should have been
obvious months ago what the outcome will be and should already be priced into anything that might be
affected by a Greek default.

    .....   Shouldn't it??

         ...ken...
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Stephen D. Williams | 14 May 05:43
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Harmony Schools

60 Minutes just did a segment on Harmony schools, a large number of public charter schools in the US.  They are
are based on an 
organization founded by a Turkish Islamic imam (who's sick and has been living in the Poconos for several
years).  An imam that 
mainly has been preaching that teaching and learning science, and working to achieve financial success,
is the way to please God.  
The schools, while they import a lot of Turkish teachers, teach no religion whatsoever.

Why can't other religious foundations act in such a constructive and selfless way?
Bill Gates is in there some where also.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/education/07charter.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
http://www.harmonyparent.com/charterschools/see-how-informed-the-people-attacking-harmony-are/

Stephen

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